What is the biggest hassle about this is all the pics posted are no longer available.

Everyone does have nice matching avatars though! I must have used photobucket for close to 15 years, can't believe they've suddenly changed their mind about it all! Don't think too many people will be handing over the $400...

Yes, they decided to make a change without telling anyone. What's more frustrating was that I was paying for the service anyway due to number of photos (and when you did that they included the bandwidth for third party use). You can log into your own account to get the pictures, but that's about it.

Seems like we need a new guide as some people are lost without photobucket.

1. Go to postimage.org (or other image hosting website of your choice, it's basically irrelevant which one you use).

2. Choose your image/s and upload

3. Copy the 'direct link' to your imageIf you're not using postimage or are posting a picture that is already on the internet somewhere else, simply right click on the image and select 'Copy Image Location' or the equivalent for your browser.

4. Either click the image button when writing your post or type

5. Paste the direct link to your image in between those img tags like so: and you have pictures, done.